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Weekend Bucharest - Sibiu

Thursday
Bucharest
Arrival to Bucharest ? Otopeni airport. Meeting with our professional guide; transfer to the hotel. Sightseeing of Bucharest on the way, with the presentation of the most important monuments. We take a short walk in the old part of the city visiting the ruins of the Old Court, the Manuc?s Inn, and the Stavropoleos Church. Welcome dinner. Accommodation in a 3 stars hotel.

Friday
Bucharest ? Sibiu / 360 kms
Breakfast. Departure to Curtea de Arges in order to visit the Princely Church (13th century) and the monastery. We continue through Ramnicu Valcea to Horezu Monastery ? the most important complex of Bracovenesque religious architecture, decorated on the outside with stone sculptures with floral motifs, and on the inside there are valuable paintings, along the religious scenes and portraits. Lunch in the monastery yard in a picturesque landscape. At 6 kms there is Horezu the main ethnographical centre, known as one of the most representative pottery centre in Romania, hosting a permanent ethnographical exhibition and traditional fairs. Continuation through the Olt Valley with a stop to Cozia Monastery ? one of the most valuable architectural monuments of the 14th century and a starting point for the Byzantine style in Walachia; the monastery has an valuable museum of religious art, old prints, manuscripts, jewel. In the evening arrival to Sibiu. Dinner and accommodation in a 3 stars hotel.

Saturday
Sibiu ? Bucharest / 325 kms
Breakfast. The morning is dedicated to the medieval town of Sibiu. Visit the Evangelical Church (the first monument on the Romanian territory combining the archaic basilica with an elevation in Gothic Moorish style; it preserves mural paintings of 1445 and a renowned organ), the Brukenthal Palace with the beautiful parks and Brukenthal Museum (the oldest in the country and among the first museums in Europe, it comprises art sections, history, nature sciences, folkloric art sections and a library), the medieval fortifications represented by an impressive number of towers. Way to Sibiel, a small village at 20 kms far from Sibiu, to visit the rural museum with over 600 icons painted on glass, folk costumes, peasant furniture. Lunch in a traditional environment. Depart to Bucharest. ?Good-by? dinner in a nice restaurant. Accommodation in a 3 stars hotel.

Sunday
Bucharest
Breakfast. Visit the Palace of the Parliament erected between 1984 and 1989; until 1990 was known as the ?House of the People?. It has 6,000 rooms including hundreds of studies and dozens of reception and conference rooms for scientific, political and cultural sessions. After 1989 Revolution it became the headquarters of the Romanian Parliament and since 1994 it has housed the International Conference Centre. Transfer to Otopeni airport.

Accommodation
Grp. 10-15 pax
Grp. 16-20 pax
Grp. 21-25 pax
Grp. 26-30 pax
Grp. 31-35 pax
Grp. 36-40 pax
Grp. 41-45 pax
Double
285
270
255
240
230
220
210
Supl. Single
70

The above prices include:
- Accommodation in 3 stars hotels for 3 nights;
- Full board (starting with dinner on the arrival day, ending with breakfast on the departure day);
- Modern air conditioned coach/minibus for all the above program;
- Guide assistance for all the above program;
- All entrance fees to museums and sites included in the program;
- One free in single.

!!! Please keep in mind:
- These prices are informative and not valid for the fairs periods;
- The first and last days of the program may be modified depending on the arrival/departure time;
- Upon request hotels? categories may be upgraded;
- The museums are closed on Mondays;
- Meals do not include alcoholic drinks, except wine tasting.